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International

27.06.2024

Platform for exchanging ideas about robots in everyday life

At a networking meeting of the Transfer Centre for Robots in Everyday Life (RimA) organised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Berlin on 17 June 2024, a new online forum and knowledge platform were presented.

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International

26.06.2024

VDI wins two prizes at the German Brand Award 2024

The VDI is one of the winners of the German Brand Award 2024. The jury has awarded two prizes for the VDI brand strategy

TOP Partner: GTP Schäfer Giesstechnische Produkte GmbH

TOP Partner: Simpson Technologie

TOP Partner: AGTOS Gesellschaft für technische Oberflächensysteme mbH

TOP Partner: Vesuvius GmbH - Foseco

TOP Partner: JASPER GmbH

International

25.06.2024

Robotics Institute Germany brings together top research

Leading robotics centres in Germany have joined forces to establish the new Robotics Institute Germany (RIG).

International

Chongyang Zeng and Prof. Dr. Xiangfan Fang from the Chair of Lightweight Vehicle Construction at the University of Siegen with the newly developed geometric test moulds: they enable precise force measurements during crash loading.

24.06.2024

Award for research into material behaviour in crashes

Chongyang Zeng from the Chair of Lightweight Vehicle Construction at the University of Siegen has further developed a method for measuring the behaviour of materials under crash loads.

International

Recipients of the 2024 Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize: Dr Jörg Kuhnert and Dr Isabel Michel from the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM developed the simulation tool MESHFREE.

21.06.2024

Simulation methods – mapping complex processes in a time-saving way

Whether in the automotive sector or in production: simulations and digital twins are indispensable for many companies.

International

20.06.2024

VDI initiative "Future Germany 2050" aims to strengthen Germany as a centre of business and technology

The largest economy in the European Union, which has earned worldwide recognition for its economic strength and innovative power thanks in part to its "German engineering", has gradually lost its technological leadership in recent years.

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International

Students and teacher in the laboratory at Ernst Abbe University Jena.

04.04.2024

Inter-university project strengthens the attractiveness of engineering education in Thuringia

The ThüLeNa project utilizes the synergetic profiles and expertise of seven renowned Thuringian universities.

International

03.04.2024

Worrying decline in engineering student numbers

In the coming years, demographics, digitalization and climate protection will significantly increase the demand for employees in engineering and IT professions.

International

02.04.2024

Effects of research and innovation policy measures - Impact measurement rarely takes place

Many evaluation studies do not meet the methodological requirements - Policy learning is prevented - Creating the conditions for meaningful causal analysis

International

01.04.2024

Formnext 2024: An outstanding start to the new trade fair year

Despite the rather subdued economic situation in Germany and global political challenges, by the end of February, around 574 companies from 35 different countries had already registered for the world's leading trade fair for Additive Manufacturing and the next generation of industrial production.

International

29.03.2024

Kiel Institute's spring forecast: recovery delayed

The Kiel Institute is leaving its forecast for 2025 unchanged and expects economic output to grow by 1.2%. The inflation rate is likely to fall to below 2 percent and the government's financing deficit to below 0.8 percent.

International

Cobots are collaborative robots that can work directly with humans to support them.

28.03.2024

Hannover Messe 2024: A cobot learns to draw - thanks to AI image recognition

The trade fair exhibit from the Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover gGmbH (IPH) is an example of how robots can work with AI to master unpredictable situations - without a human having to reprogram them.

International

27.03.2024

Call for Papers - InCeight Casting C8 - 2025

The focus of the presentations is on linking methods and expertise from different disciplines with the aim of developing a common understanding of the various requirements for high-performance and efficient cast products.

International

26.03.2024

Carbon capture and storage as drivers for decarbonization - EU project COREu launches

The Horizon Europe project COREu will pave the way for a successful expansion of CCS technology and brings together over 40 key partners from industry and academia.

International

25.03.2024

ae group and Alutech Holding set course for the future

SME investor buys shares in the Thuringian automotive supplier ae group